Identifying device.



InENrrI-EYING janvfengl j l )1 1 f i To all whom it may conce-rn:

Be it known that I, GEoiionV. Lo'i'iga citizen of the United`States, residing at VaIker, inthe county of Cass and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful lIm rovements in 'Identifying Devices, of w iich the following ispa specitica tion, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This inventionis an identifying device.

vThe object of the invention is to provide ya simple and practical device ofthis character which may tie-'conveniently carried in a vest pocket and readilyr appliedto a hat, coat, or.other article of ap arelcr'toan umbrella or.otlier article w ich"V it is-cus# tomaryto leave in a public placesiich as a 'cloak room, hotel, restaurant, etc. such devicebearingj a distinctive mark, whereby the owner of the article to which the device is i attached may quickly identifyfliis -own among similar articles belonging to others.vv Vith theabove and other objectsinview, the invention consists of the. y,novel features of constri'ictioii and the combination and 'ar-V rangement of parts hereinafter :fully described and claiuied, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1 and '2 are front andside views of my improved identifying device; and

1F igs. 3 and 4. are longitudinal and transverse sectional views." Y

"l`hc invention comprises a body 1 carrying a clamping*means 2, whereby'it maybe attached to a hat,'coat,` umbrella, overshoe or other article without in iuring the saine, and also'a holding-means 3 for a plate or disk 4, which latter bears some distinctivemark, symbol, design, picture, or the like, whereby the owner of the device will fpiickly recogf nize lit as belonging to'hiin.` i s illustrated, the body 1 is forn'ied from a strip of resilient metal bent on itself into U--foiin sov that its two 'ends form tia-t or smooth clamping jaws 5 and 6 whichwill 4engage an article without danger of injuring or mutilatingthe same. From the opposite side edges of the lintermediate portion of the lower jaw 6 are struck up pivot .earsv7' between which is pivoted" a cam lever'8-which is of rightangular shape'and has a finger piece at its long end and a cam portion at its short end adapted to engage the jaw 5 to press the same against the jaw 0. iVhile thiss the preferred con Sieictiqn 0f Letters I stentf PatentedfFeb ..1 1910. Application mea nayia, 196e. serixigm. 5957er. i d' structionA of the attaching clamp, it will be understood that for it may be substituted any Y, desired forni of clamping device by ineansof which the invention may be readily applied to and removed from an article with.

out. injuring the latter.

` '.lhe fdisk `or plateholder 3 is preferably .attached to I,thecloscd end of the body l andhis in the foriiiof a ring split circumfcrentially, as shown at 9, for fthe reception ofthe identifying; plate or disk 4. Said transverse slit 9 extends approximately half way around the upper portion` of the cir- 'cuinferiice of the holder. or member 3, as

shownin full lines iii Fig@ and dotted linesl in Fig. 1. The `disk v,4 'is inserted between vthe flat-A faces ofythc' split-,portion of the ring 3 and the inner portion of its edge is retained iu. a groovelOl in tlieivinne'rportion of the i ruig by'foriningon the outer portion of one section fofthe ri'ug, a` uibfll-aud bendino' the latter` over Atlile .f,edge. of the disk` an around theotl-iersectio'n of tliering, asl

clearly showin 'in'Fig. 3 ot 'the drawings.

".l`-lie plate-.or disk l'may befmade of any suitableniaterial11nd, ashlmVe stated, may bear any device which may bc-applicd in any manner byz the ownerio'r the purpose of enabling.tlieowner to quickly identify the device yand hence the articleto which he may apply it`.v

Inl practice, the identifying devices are inadesinallls'o that one or more of them may beconveniently.` carried .in a vest pocket and it-he owner,- infusing the device, clamps it upon hisI hat, overcoat, umbrella or other article wliic-li"`hc may p lac'euin a-clloak room vof a' hotel', theater .orpt'therpublic place.

Since l.the 'niark .or designV upon the disk 4 of the -device is distinctive the owner will be ableto instantly recognize hisl own hat, coat` or. the vliki'agau'ioug numerous others which are,.so similar to each other that. it is i diflicult to distingiish them.

Havingthus described the invention what is claimed is; Y

The. liemiadesribed identifying device,

coniprisiiiga body having at onezend an attaching clamp, the otherend of said body being of opcirannular or ring-like form and` havin". in its outenportion a transverse slit exten ing approximately halfway around its circumference to rovidespace sections the inner portion o said Vring-like end o A the body`be'ing formed with` an internal, faoe of the Vop'posingkportion of said 'memsemicircular groove communicatinggwit-h .-ber to retainsaid'dis irvxIposition T I0 said,y slit, and an identifying disk arranged- Inte'stmony'whereof hereunto 'aix my in said slit. and groove,'and an integral signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. 5 to 1e formed upon the outeredge of one GEORGE W. of-t e spaced portions ofthe split outer end Witnesses: Y f Y' of the ring-like member and adapted to be DANncL DE Lumi',v

, v bent across said slit and overupon the outer EDITH PEoxER'r.' 

